He cannot be first back-up next season. Surely

Ben Davies in 2025 just sums up this play. Bad, bad player

Agreed. He's also 19. Donley's first loan happened this year (and he was arguably PL2 POTY) and he's 8 months older than Hall. Plus we know Ange's tendency to prioritize players with experience in men's football.

Sometimes we just get ahead of ourselves too early.

Of course he won’t. Come on man

Of course not. Of all our recent managers he’s clearly the most up for the challenge. And I love him for doing that.

Te añado otro motivo que seguramente hayas pensado: guardarte valor económico para una posible venta. Pero tienes toda la razón.

What a player he is, btw. But hoping for a bit of rest for him. Get Djed in. Kulusevski on the right. Pape, Bergvall, Madders in midfield. There’s nothing else.

4th lowest % pass completion. No coincidence.

Not yet. Will come back to this as soon as I have it.

On a different note: there was a midfielder who kept things short and ticking yesterday, even if he only played 15' and in very favourable conditions. And he's done that in consecutive games. Lucas's improving!

Like, look at the areas the '6' operates at. It would be like having a centre-back averaging a 75% pass completion rate. Look at Rice, he's never been good at press resistance, but keeps Arsenal ticking with rythm. Also a waaay more disciplined player.

A bit reactionary coming after yesterday nightmare. But for all the taking about Ange needing a press-resistance number 6, it won't count for nothing if Ange's 6 is not able to string consecutive 90%-pass-completion performances. It's just a basic thing.

Yeah, worst of the season.